i need feedback

[hectorjr]

Straight to the point, Im an eleventh grader from Texas and i really really want to go to UTI in california. i wanted to take the super street course they have but needed to know if it was worth it. cars are my passion. i also wanted to take the toyota automotive technician course. basically i wanted to know if its a good school to go to?

 

[1g_tsi_awd]

I have heard that it doesn't teach you that much... Remember I have only heard so I can't really back that up... Mechanical Automotive Engineering FTW!


P.S. I am an 11th grader too.

 

[ILLiCliPSE]

Im also still in high school (12th grade)

I was considering this too, but I thought about it, and was like "Where am I going to be able to use this info to my advantage when I try to find a job?" Just because you took a "Super Street" course at UTI doesnt mean HKS is going to hire you. I also didnt like the fact that I was going to turn my hobby into my job because a hobby to me is something you do when you can, and you love it. If I had to work on cars all day, had dealines and such, itd take the fun out of it. But if youre just looking to go into working at a Toyota dealership, Its probably a great school. I believe they have a Toyota cerification course or something thtat deals with Toyota that you could take. You could get hired as soon as you graduate probably.

 

[DiamondStarAwd]

I sat down with the UTI rep last year, they sugar coat everything. As does everyone, but that is besides the point. He said one thing and I would write it down. I talked to a guy that was there at the time if what the rep had said was true and he kind of laughed and told me how it really was. He said it was no different than his community college auto course just with more people. You also may want to consider community college. The larger colleges and campuses the professors have to publish to keep their jobs and such. With a CC school they don't, they can focus on the student's and what they are teaching. Not what their next piece of work is going to be that they are annoucing at the next commitee.

All in all. Examine all your options, your choices will change, alot. When you feel like you have a good lead, talk to some people in the field, look at the job availabilty, salary, job growth, and what region the job is focused at. Obviously cars are everywhere.

 

[ecarrillo]

Well first of all its about time that some one else from the valley came into dsmtuners for a while i thought i might be the only one on here but anyways if you want to get some experience and see if thats what you wanna go into check with TSTC or STC because i know they can get you a job with the local dealerships while you are getting ASE (i think thats it) certified and if you decide that it is for you well then go to the school that you want to go

 

[totaleclipse_05]

I went to UTI in Houston for Auto Collsion and the the thing that is nice with UTI is that they give you many I-CAR points, more than you can get if you do a community college option. I didn't know much at all of body work, so they taught me from the ground up and gave me a good handle on most things. I'm sure if you have experience, you won't learn as much as if you go in there without knowing anything like I did. I would definitely go and look at the school before you sign anything though. I also took the Toyota classes for Autobody there and am now Toyota Certified so I have a better chance of getting a job at one of their dealerships than if I just came out of a community college and tried applying.

 

[Defiant]

The best way to learn how to work on cars is to work on them. Ask around the shops in your area, see if anyone will let you work a few hours. Tell them your interest and that you're looking to become a mechanic (or a technician, if they're h0mo). Tell them you're willing to do cleanup and stay out of the way if they'll also help you learn, but that you don't want to just be a janitor. Being able to sell yourself this way to a shop also enters into the career field, as you often have to sell jobs to the customers and even to the shop supervisor.
The little I've heard about the schools hasn't been encouraging. I think you can learn as much from service manuals.

 

[ecarrillo]

Defiant makes a good point and since i am also from the valley i can tell you that if you go to the local track (the one in Edinburg) you can probably talk to guys in the pit and they will more than likely help you out in your decision and since most of the guys that go there are actually mechanics who are taking their own cars its a good learning experience

 

[hectorjr]

yeah but most of the guys down here are all into trans-ams, corvettes, and anything else that you dont have to put money intno to get respect. i kinda doubt that any of them would help, heck theyd probably laugh at me. but i do know some cool people down here that are into hondas. thanks for the input everyone i appreciate it.

 

[Defiant]

Don't discourage yourself. And don't get axle-wrapped about what kind of cars- they're all just nuts and bolts, and all the more so when you're starting out. Well, except for air-cooled VWs, but thankfully they're almost all where they should have been to start with. Melted.

 

[danny_l_2005]

Not everyone from the valley are into muscle cars. Im a dsmer, and now own two. My 96 tsi and my new 90 tsi awd-that will be my track only car. With this new car, I will learn more things than I would ever know if I didn't had it. If your looking for some of us dsmers here around the valley, several that I know live in Mercedes. By the way thats where I bought my 90 tsi awd. Would you like to know how to change a timing belt, come over to my house in a couple of months, so we can both learn how .

 

[ecarrillo]

Not everyone from the valley are into muscle cars. Im a dsmer, and now own two. My 96 tsi and my new 90 tsi awd-that will be my track only car. With this new car, I will learn more things than I would ever know if I didn't had it. If your looking for some of us dsmers here around the valley, several that I know live in Mercedes. By the way thats where I bought my 90 tsi awd. Would you like to know how to change a timing belt, come over to my house in a couple of months, so we can both learn how .

exactly just because all you see is big v8's driving around does not mean that there is not any sport compacts in the valley but either way since you are looking at working on cars as a career then you still have to learn all other cars and not just your car so go to the track and talk to people there since most of them have there own shops